Leatherman Tools

Leatherman Multitools are some of the finest multitools made. They originated the idea of a multitool after Tim Leatherman traveled to Europe and found Swiss Army Knives did not do everything he needed. Leatherman Multitools have been evolving ever since offering a variety of models including Leatherman Tools with screwdrivers, scissors, strap cutters can openers and more. Leatherman Tools are not available for export from the US.

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Leatherman BrewzerThe Brewzer has been designed to pop the top on your favorite beverage in just one try, making it the only keychain bottle opener you'll ever need.

Leatherman CamThis powerhouse is perfect for bow maintenance on the hunt or at the range.

Leatherman ChargeIt's time to expect more from a multi-tool, and the Charge gives it to you. With a superior design and top-end materials nobody else offers.

Leatherman CrunchLocking pliers that fold away make Crunch unlike any multi-tool available today. It's like carrying a vise with you.

Leatherman FreestyleThe Minimalist multitool for the discerning user. A supersized blade and great pliers.

Leatherman JuiceThe JUICE comes in 5 flavors and has a variety of great features and options. Featuring compact size, smooth lines, contoured shape.

Leatherman Mako TiFor those unfortunate breakdowns though, the extremely lightweight and compact Mako features nine essential tools for a road or trailside fix to get you back up and running in no time.

Leatherman MicraSpring-action scissors and personal care features that fit on your key chain are just part of what makes the Micra truly unique.

Leatherman MUTDuty specific tool that is both tactical and practical for military, LE or civilian shooters. This one is amazing!

Leatherman OHTThis industry-first tool features spring-loaded pliers and wire-cutters so you don't tire your hand adjusting and readjusting your grip. This series has historically been hard to get, so grab one if they are available.

Leatherman Super Tool 300Super Tool 300 is one of our beefiest multi-tools for your toughest jobs. Plenty of features that make a tough job faster and easier.

Leatherman SurgeThe Leatherman Surge is one of the two largest Leatherman multi-tools; a real powerhouse, built with our largest pliers, longest multi-tool blades and easy-to-use locks.

Leatherman Tread and Tread QM1The first multi-tool you can wear around your wrist for true functionality anywhere and everywhere you go. Also available with a Swiss-made, quartz movement timepiece option.

Leatherman WaveThis has been the most popular full-size Leatherman tool. Larger knives, stronger pliers, and more...

Leatherman Z-RexThere are other glass breakers and strap cutters on the market, but Z-Rex is the first one to pull together all the one-off features into one lightweight, intuitive and comfortable-to-use tool.

We're from Oregon, and you've got to be ready living here. High mountain rescues, sudden blizzards, and back-country adventure. What other people call "Wild." We call "Home."

Hi From Oregon

Being from Portland, Oregon means a lot of things, but ordinary definitely isn't one of them.

Out here, we do it all. And we make tools to help you do it all, too.

The Leatherman headquarters have been located in beautiful Portland, Oregon since our inception more than a quarter-century ago. We think it's a very special place. And it's a big part of what makes us a very special company.

Portland was founded as a frontier town. So we're the sons and daughters of pioneers, as well as transplants drawn here by our own sense of the pioneering spirit. We embody the rugged individualism of those intrepid souls who first pushed our nation west.

Today, instead of pushing geographical frontiers, we're pushing the frontiers of product design. We're pioneers of new and unexpected solutions to make the world around us work the way we want it to.

Our city is nestled on the western edge of the Columbia River Gorge — an 80-mile geological marvel, cut 1,400 feet deep by massive floods at the end of the last ice age.

It's a place of immense beauty, and a paradise for outdoor recreation of every sort. It's a place that gets into your blood, and becomes part of how you define yourself as a person.

That means Leatherman is a company of campers, hunters, fishing fanatics, spelunkers, mountain bikers, boaters, skiers, snow shoers, and participants in pretty much anything that's fun to do outside. And, in keeping with our individualistic spirit, we're also avid do-it-yourselfers.

As a result, our products aren't merely tested in our QC department. They're tested by employees on bike trails, in hunting stands and campsites, on the face of nearby Mt. Hood, and in any number of circumstances within our own homes.

Conditions in Portland are so perfect for gardening that we're called "The City of Roses." So it's only natural that the world's first garden shear / multi-tool was designed here. And when your city is also known as "Beervana," someone's gonna have the bright idea for a carabiner that doubles as a bottle opener.

Out here, there are so many sources of inspiration for our work, and so many ways to test the limits of our tools. So no matter where you are – from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine – from Saskatchewan to Key West – when you have a Leatherman, you'll be ready.

We're proud to be a Portland company. And it shows in every tool we make.

Our History

Since 1983, we've been making tools that can endure just about anything and come back to work tomorrow. Here's a look back at how Leatherman got where it is today and how, over the last several years we've helped people answer the question: Are you ready?

1975
Tim Leatherman and his wife travel Europe and the Middle East. Between a cranky Fiat and leaky hotel plumbing, Tim's boy-scout knife leaves him wanting more, like some pliers, and maybe a screwdriver or two. He dreams up a multi-tool.

1976
Tim, a mechanical engineer, goes through several prototypes with cardboard and wood. His brother-in-law, a machinist, teaches him how to work metal and the first steel prototype takes form in Tim's basement the next year.

1980
Tim applies for and receives U.S. Patent 4,238,862 for his first multi-tool prototype, "Mr. Crunch." The New York Times covers the patent, and Tim waits patiently by the phone for the million-dollar call. It doesn't arrive. Tim's new business partner, Steve Berliner, convinces his father to lease them some space in his machine shop.

1983
The prototype is fine-tuned and the Pocket Survival Tool™ (PST®) is born. Knife companies say it's a tool. Tool companies say it's a gadget. And the gadget company can't even bother to spell Steve Berliner's name right, much less place an order. However, Cabela's and Early Winters have better foresight and place small orders for their holiday catalogs. Leatherman Tool Group incorporates in July.

1984
The first week of 1984, right after the holiday catalog from Early Winters, the retailer doubles their order to 500 PSTs. A week later, they call back and order 750 more. Two weeks later, they order another 1,000. The goal for 1984 was 4,000 tools. We sold just shy of 30,000. This is known as "exponential growth," and it happened a lot around Leatherman that year.

1985
Always looking for innovations, we consider, then nix, adding scissors to the PST. However, looking at our shaggier hairstyles from those days, scissors might've been a good idea.

1986
Bigger or smaller? For our second tool, we go smaller. Turns out we are a little ahead of our time. The Mini-Tool® has a small but loyal following we will re-discover in 1996 with the Micra®, and in 2001 with the Juice®.

1992
Turns out, handy people really love Leatherman tools. With sales booming, we build a huge factory with enough capacity to last 5 years on enough land that we can expand over 10 years. After 2 years, we double the factory. And 3 years later, we'd triple it. And buy more land for employee parking. To call our projections merely "conservative" would be like calling our tools merely "useful."

1993
Two firsts: One million Leatherman tools sell in one year, and MacGyver uses a Leatherman. MacGyver! Definitely a banner year.

1994
The original PST saves the passengers of a bus that has a bomb set to explode if the bus goes below 50 MPH. Keanu helps. "Speed" is Leatherman's first blockbuster.

1995
If smaller wasn't the answer for a second tool, then bigger must be. In its second year, the Leatherman Super Tool®—which features our first locking blades—sells nearly 650,000 units, and 1.1 million its third.

1996
We start running our Tool Tales ad campaign. It's Tim's favorite. The campaign featured true stories from real Leatherman users like the bush pilot in Alaska who used his Super Tool to prevent his plane from crashing.

1998
We introduce the Wave®, which is the first multi-tool that allows access to the blade without opening the pliers, and with just one hand. And when you're fighting off mobsters with the other hand, like Jackie Chan in "Rush Hour,"—the Wave's first appearance on the big screen— that can be pretty useful.

1999
Leatherman debuts on the "X-Files." Tim asks, "What's she doing there?" They say, "She is extracting alien flesh." Just when we thought we'd seen our tools do it all, someone finds another use for a Leatherman.

2001
We introduce the Juice, a tool that's "just right" between the super-compact Micra and our full-sized tools. Tremendously popular, the Juice tools must nonetheless be stowed in your checked luggage.

2003
We unveil the Squirt® line. Small enough to be classified as "keychain" tools but handy and tough enough to be called a Leatherman. Three different models boast everything from scissors and mini-pliers to wire strippers, screwdrivers and knives.

2005
Folding knives debut, and Leatherman comes full-circle. Tim's boy scout knife from his trip to Europe is brought up to modern standards with premium steel, screwdrivers, carabiners, bottle openers, and bit drivers.

2006
Leatherman rolls out even more tools and knives, this time built for a specific activity, but with the brand's trademark multi-functionality. Our hunting knives are a field-dressing kits in a sheath—cutting hooks, saws and blades—and the Vista® pruner speeds cleaning a line of shot, building a blind or constructing a tree stand. And our Hybrid® gardening pruners put you in control of your yard and yard equipment.

2007
We take a closer look at our full-sized tools and introduced the Skeletool®, stripping it down for those rugged adventurers who count every ounce and still need the reliability and strength of a Leatherman. And our new Genus® gardening tool features a rotating handle, packed with all the tools a professional gardener needs. And we opened a retail store at our headquarters in Portland, Oregon.

2008
Making good on our promise of preparedness, we introduced our Serac line of lightweight, high-powered LED lights. 2008 was also the year we revised our entire line of pocket knives. After a complete redesign we introduced the new Crater and Expanse lines; lighter, slimmer and much easier to use.

2009
This was the year we added more lights, a new Super Tool 300 and our compact knife/tool hybrid, the Freestyle and Freestyle CX which Field & Stream dubbed the best new fishing tool of the year.

About Tim

A native Oregonian, Tim received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University in 1970. After that, he held a variety of jobs, including positions as an English teacher and a helicopter mechanic. Time spent traveling abroad ultimately led to the Leatherman multipurpose tool concept.

From the beginning, Tim has built the company on a simple philosophy: manufacture product on time, meet specifications, increase value, and provide a pleasant work environment. When asked about the company's devotion to quality, Tim simply replies, "My name is on every tool."

Although Tim is now retired, he still visits the factory at least every month and plays an active role in the direction the company is going, including many trips abroad to visit with Leatherman's extensive network of international distributors.

Our 25-Year Warranty

Our founder, Tim Leatherman, came up with the 25-year warranty: long enough to prove we stand behind our tools, but short enough to show we're serious.

We take extraordinary measures so your Leatherman product will give you many years of dependable service. If it doesn't, we will gladly repair or replace it, at our discretion, with one of equal or greater value under our 25-year guarantee for tools and 10-year guarantee for lights. This warranty does not cover abuse, alteration, theft, loss, or unauthorized and/or unreasonable use of your Leatherman product. This warranty does not cover sheaths, accessories, imprinting, color finishes, cleaning, or sharpening.

Leatherman Tool Group is not liable for incidental or consequential damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights, which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

Return Information

If you are in Canada or the United States and you'd like to send your Leatherman product in for warranty repair, please download and complete the Warranty Return Form below. The form must be completed, signed and included with your product in order for us to process your warranty request.

Unfortunately, we cannot be responsible for tools that never reach us. Please be sure to send your warranty repair via an insured and trackable service where delivery confirmation can be obtained if necessary.